Bridge party at the Laurel Bank clubhouse

Gladioli and roses provided attractive decorations in the club house of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club on Tuesday afternoon, when a bridge party was arranged by members. The guests were received by Mrs. P. S. Priest (president of the club), who was smartly frocked in floral silk with a hat to tone. Prizes for a lucky number and for bridge were won by Mrs. E. W. Cooke and Mrs. C. Searle, respectively. A dainty home-made tea was handed round by the members. Those present included: Mesdames J. Schmidt, S. Johnson, E. Horn, J. Duggan, J. Lee, W. Wilson, Melicini, A. E. Fittock, H. Samuels, B. Kuhneman, K. W. Goldin, T. Reithmuller, T. Collie, W. Hesling, E. Fisher, B. Hallam, L. Lawton, J. Penfold, J. Dower, H. B. Brunton, K. Bedwell, G. Quinn, R. G. Muir, L. B. Hewitt, J. Tattam, G. B. Muir, F. Marshall, A. S. Furness, Thoms, Carey, F. O'Connell P. J. Barron, D. Humphrey, V. E. Greet, Dempsey, W. Pettinger, J. Lincoln, W. Jackson, F. Oliver, W. Sanderson, K. Hunter, C. Thomason, A. Taylor, A. Baxter, J. T. Symon, J. E. Poore, A. Higgins, C. J. Searle, J. Smart, W. Martin, P. Adams, E. Cooling, J. McIntyre, F. Brunner, W. Miller, K. Davies, J. Hutchison, C. Healy, M. Lincoln, R. Albrose, P. M. Morris, H. Lincoln, R. McGowan, R. Ashford, M. Andrews, G. F. Duthie, J. Platz, W. Frood, B. M. Hopkins, S. Dennis, N. Fox, E. V. Cooke, F. Bongers, Perkins, Stone, Misses M. Harris[?]n and M. McKinstry.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 November 1947. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)